Jakub Gierszał (born 20 March 1988) is a

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actor. His screen debut was in 2009, playing the role of Kazik in the film '' All that I love'' (Polish: Wszystko, co kocham). He later starred in the film '' Suicide Room'' (Polish: Sala Samobójców), in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem. Gierszał was born in

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. His father, Marek, is a theatre director working mainly in Germany. When Jakub was a few months old, his parents moved to

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. After 11 years he returned to Poland and settled in

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. He is a student at the Kraków Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 2012, he was a Polish Film Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in ''Suicide Room''. Gierszał also received a

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that year. He earned his second Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for ''

Breaking the Limits Breaking the Limits ( pl, Najlepszy) is a 2017 Polish biographical film directed by Łukasz Palkowski about the life of Jerzy Górski. The film stars Jakub Gierszał as Górski. Film shows how Gorski manage to win the double Iron Man triathlon a ...

'' (2017).

Selected filmography

*'' All That I Love'' (2009) as Kazik *'' Milion dolarów'' (2010) as Pawełek Leo *'' Suicide Room'' (2011) as Dominik Santorski *'' Yuma'' (2012) as Zyga *''

Lasting ''Lasting'' (original title: Nieulotne) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed and written by Jacek Borcuch. Plot ''Lasting'' is an emotional love story about Michał and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love while working su ...

'' (2013) as Michał *''

Finsterworld ''Finsterworld'' is a 2013 German motion picture drama directed by Frauke Finsterwalder and co-written by Finsterwalder and Christian Kracht, starring Margit Carstensen, Sandra Hüller, Corinna Harfouch, Christoph Bach, Carla Juri, and Jaku ...

'' (2013) as Maximilian Sandberg *''Hiszpanka'' (2013) as Krystian Ceglarski *''

Dracula Untold ''Dracula Untold'' is a 2014 American dark fantasy action-horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. A reboot of the ''Dracula'' film series, the plot creates an origin story f ...

'' (2014) as AcemiProfile
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'' (2017) *'' Beyond Words'' (2017) *''

Das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...

'' (2018) *'' The Getaway King'' (2021) as Antos

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